Following up on a suggestion from this forum today will be an "open mic" day where I will post a brief comment and viewers can respond to that comment or go in an entirely different direction of conversation. The important aspect is that a discussion take place. Have a great day!
My initial musing is the following:

Barack Obama is openly campaigning against profit. The only people who oppose profits and free enterprise are Marxists. Fascists and other Socialist variants do not oppose profits, as do the Marxists. Fascists simply want to control profits.

Ever since Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Supreme Court has been rewriting the First Amendment relying not on the Constitution but its own precedent case law. The Courts continue to progressively restrict religious freedoms relying not on the Constitution but only on their own say-so.

Ever since Everson (1947), the Supreme Court has been rewriting the First Amendment relying not on the Constitution but its own precedent case law. The Courts continue to progressively restrict religious freedoms relying not on the Constitution but only on their own say-so.

The Warren Court did not cite a single legal precedent when it attacked the tradition of school prayer in Engel v. Vitale (1962). Since then, Federal Courts have essentially ignored the original intent of our Constitution.

Eric Berry on Allfacebook.com reports that Walid Husayin of Qalqilya in Palestine is facing possible life in prison for claiming to be God in several Facebook groups he created. He also criticized the Islamic faith and created mock Quran verses that encouraged people to smoke marijuana.

The announcement last week that the FBI wants to be able to 'wiretap the internet' has brought a lot of discussion about privacy rights, and whether they are granted by the Constitution. The answer to the question, "Does the Constitution include the right to privacy" has major impact on how and how much the government can monitor citizens.

It has been difficult to move away from the television screen tonight as the Chilean miners are being brought to the surface.

It has been uplifting to watch the joy on the faces of the family members, rescuers, and miners. It has been inspirational to watch the honest smile on the face of the Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. It has been uplifting to see the President and First Lady of Chile spending the night greeting each of the rescued miners.

In Reuters story on Yahoo, Lynn Adler reports that the FBI seized John Lennons fingerprints just before they were auctioned off. There was some confusion on the part of the auction house about why the FBI would be concerned about the fingerprints of a man 30 years dead.